Page 5 of Stolen Compliance

Shifting tones, he throws out, “How do you clean blood from clothes?”

“If fresh, cold salt water. If dried in, it depends on the fabric.” Despite the fact he hasn’t let her up yet, she doesn’t struggle as she answers.

Satisfied, he nods before turning his head toward me. He doesn’t ask a question, merely waits silently for my decision. It’s a shot of pleasure to my veins. To have the heir defer to me like this. He may eventually be my Boss one day, but for now? I have control.

“She’s all set. I’ve checked the trainers on deportment, etc. Jean-Marc will be a happy consumer. Full wife treatment without the nagging and emotional shit.”

Teo removes his foot but doesn’t bother to offer her a hand up. Coldly, he states, “You’re dismissed.”

After she leaves, he walks over to the couch and looks at Luca. The kid looks a little overwhelmed but keeps his silence. Teo rolls his eyes when he meets my gaze. Yeah, this is going to get interesting.

Picking up the phone, I call for the next one.

It’s not until the fourth one is tested and passes that Luca speaks up. “I understand that you’re testing them, but the terms you’re using: full, level one, level two, etc… What do they mean?”

“We’ll give you a full lesson later as we only have one more left, but each person has to meet the buyer’s expectations, or if there’s no buyer yet, whatever the head trainer marks them for when they come in. The head trainer here is talented at figuring out what someone will excel at. And some of these don’t have a specific buyer, anyway. They’re just meant for the whorehouses or streets,” Teo answers as he stretches out his legs lazily, and I catch Luca’s quick appraisal of it.

I almost laugh at it, but Teo knows how to use sexy to manipulate. If Luca falls for it, he’s a bigger fool than I thought.

When Teo stands from the couch, I eye Luca a little closer. He’s beginning to fatigue. The signs are there, a slight drag to his mouth, the tension in his shoulders… Yeah, it’s a good place to stop today. The person Teo invites in actually is the perfect ending to the day.

I jerk my head to the side, silently instructing Teo to sit. Like a faithful dog, he listens. The woman is holding her folder tightly and doesn’t move toward me. Chuckling darkly, I stand, strolling over to her as I pry the folder from her hand.

I toss it toward Teo. “D-31b. It’s been a while. I’d ask how you’re doing, but I don’t even need to look at your file.”

I tap her mouth, and after a beat of hesitation, she opens. Not very far, so I grab her roughly, prying it open the rest of the way. “Lost that tongue, huh? You healed up well. We are professionals, after all. I’m not seeing much gratitude from you. But we’ll make this fair since it’s your last chance.

“Luca, you’re up. You test her. She’ll either pass or fail. And trust me, she’s not going to like what happens if she fails.”

Luca stands slowly, awkwardly. His eyes flicker with something I hate… there’s pity swirling in them. Disgustingly soft, just like I thought.

Instead of sitting in the chair, I sit next to Teo, dropping my arm around his shoulders. Luca stands there like a fucking idiot. Teo huffs in disgust.

“Was I really that bad in the beginning?” he asks me, his lip curled up in a sneer.

“Mmm… perhaps not that bad,” I respond, far kinder than I normally am. “And it didn’t take you long to learn. I have a feeling Luca would be in the same spot as D-31b.”

Teo laughs. “Probably. Come on, Luca. We don’t have all the time in the world. Get to it. She’s only level one. Fuck her quickly, I still got shit to do.”

Luca’s head whips around toward us, breaking him away from staring at the cunt in front of him. “Uh… I’m gay. I’m not into women, at all.”

The wide panic to his eyes sets Teo off, and he almost doubles over from laughing so hard. I merely shake my head in disappointment.

“Hey, idiot. Use your fucking brain. If you can’t get it up, grab an instrument from the wall and fuck her with it. Does your so-called Master only have pussies working for him?”

It’s an effective trigger, the insult to Sergio’s cousin. I watch as Luca’s eyes darken, and his hands curl into fists. I’m sure he’d love to use them on me if he had a chance. He won’t get one, though.

“Test her or put a bullet in her. That’s your choice,” Teo demands as he wipes the mirth from his eyes, relaxing into my partial embrace.

Luca nods stiffly, grabbing a dildo randomly from the wall. It’s only midsize, and I grudgingly respect that he didn’t grab the smallest. But he didn’t grab the largest either, so fuck it. I deduct yet another point from him.

The fucking awkwardness as he just stands there, holding the dildo… Irritation fills me as I glare at the fucker. I mean, really. How hard is it to follow instruction?

Teo pats me on the knee as he stands. “I’ll help him this one time. But man… my cousin must really suck as a Boss.”

Luca lets out a muted growl, but Teo ignores it. He walks toward D-31b. Grabbing her chin, he snaps out, “On your back. And I want those legs spread, whore.”

The bitch goes to pull away, but Teo smacks her. Luca jumps at the casual display of power. He glances toward me, but I merely say, “This is her last chance. So far, she’s not convincing me to give her a pass.”